“The First Naval Officer” stirs up two consequential questions in American Naval history: namely, who is The Father of American Navy? Or more properly: Is t

"The First Naval Officer" stirs up two consequential questions in American Naval history: namely, who is The Father of American Navy? Or more properly: Is there

John Barry, an Irish immigrant to Philadelphia in 1760, commenced a naval career that included being victorious in thirty naval engagements verses the British.

Examines the military leadership of the greatest U.S. naval officer of the nineteenth century.